 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 320 pages
...thing you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, " 'tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it." And 'tis as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Business & Economics - 2006 - 168 pages
...consult your Purse. And again, Pride is as loud a Beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine Thing you must buy ten more, that your Appearance maybe all of a Piece; but Poor Dick says, Tis easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy... | |
 | Janice R. Cramer - Humor - 2007 - 74 pages
...Franklin wrote it in his "Poor Richard's Almanac" — "No gains without pains." He also said, "Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it." Wonder where we can apply THAT morsel. Who said, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice... | |
 | Lorraine Smith Pangle - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 300 pages
...House well fill'd, a little Field well till'd, and a little Wife well will'd, are great Riches. 'Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.29 These comments recall the oft-repeated advice of both Epicureans and Stoics in the ancient world:... | |
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And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, 'Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy... 
